La Pera: Área Natural Protegida que atesora alta biodiversidad en Chiapas, México

MARCO ANTONIO GARCIA JIMENEZ CANDELARIO CUNDAPÍ PÉREZ (2023, [Artículo])

En México, con la finalidad de preservar los ecosistemas naturales del país, la Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP) administra 185 áreas de carácter federal, mientras que la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente e Historia Natural (SEMAHN) en Chiapas, administra 28 de carácter estatal. Sin embargo, estas últimas son poco conocidas y es importante difundir la riqueza biológica que resguardan. La Pera, en Chiapas, alberga 1033 especies de flora y fauna, de las cuales 109 están protegidas por las normas nacionales, algunas son endémicas al estado y a México. Conocer la presencia de especies prioritarias en el área nos proporciona herramientas para la conservación de la reserva.

BERRIOZABAL CORREDOR BIOLOGICO ZOQUE ESPECIES PRIORITARIAS LOCALIDAD TIPO BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL

Modelo bidimensional para la extracción de agua por las raíces de las plantas

MANUEL ZAVALA TREJO Heber Saucedo CARLOS FRANCISCO BAUTISTA CAPETILLO CARLOS FUENTES RUIZ (2012, [Artículo])

Los modelos tradicionales para describir la extracción de agua por las plantas usan funciones mecanicistas o empíricas para representar el término de sumidero de la ecuación de transferencia de agua en el suelo, lo cual no permite representar explícitamente el efecto de la geometría del sistema de raíces sobre los patrones de extracción. Para eliminar esta limitante se desarrolla un modelo que simula la extracción, el cual considera las raíces como segmentos de frontera del dominio de solución e impone en éstos una condición tipo radiación para representar la resistencia al flujo del agua en la interfaz suelo-raíz, la cual es despreciada en los modelos reportados en la literatura que usan en las raíces una condición de frontera tipo Dirichlet. Se establece la condición tipo radiación, la cual contiene parámetros que representan las propiedades de las plantas, las características hidrodinámicas del suelo y la resistencia al flujo del agua en la interfaz suelo-raíz. Se obtiene una solución de elemento finito de la forma bidimensional de la ecuación de transferencia de agua sujeta en las raíces a la condición de radiación establecida; se aplica el modelo a un escenario de extracción, asumiendo valores medios característicos para las propiedades de las plantas y considerando un coeficiente de resistencia de la interfaz suelo-raíz variable. Se muestra que la resistencia en la interfaz suelo-raíz define el orden de magnitud del caudal de agua que extraen las raíces del suelo, por lo que esta variable no puede ser despreciada cuando se analiza el fenómeno de la extracción.

Condición de frontera tipo radiación Potencial de presión de las raíces Sistema planta-suelo CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA

Octopus maya white body show sex-specific transcriptomic profiles during the reproductive phase, with high differentiation in signaling pathways

Oscar Juárez (2019, [Artículo])

White bodies (WB), multilobulated soft tissue that wraps the optic tracts and optic lobes, have been considered the hematopoietic organ of the cephalopods. Its glandular appearance and its lobular morphology suggest that different parts of the WB may perform different functions, but a detailed functional analysis of the octopus WB is lacking. The aim of this study is to describe the transcriptomic profile of WB to better understand its functions, with emphasis on the difference between sexes during reproductive events. Then, validation via qPCR was performed using different tissues to find out tissue-specific transcripts. High differentiation in signaling pathways was observed in the comparison of female and male transcriptomic profiles. For instance, the expression of genes involved in the androgen receptor-signaling pathway were detected only in males, whereas estrogen receptor showed higher expression in females. Highly expressed genes in males enriched oxidation-reduction and apoptotic processes, which are related to the immune response. On the other hand, expression of genes involved in replicative senescence and the response to cortisol were only detected in females. Moreover, the transcripts with higher expression in females enriched a wide variety of signaling pathways mediated by molecules like neuropeptides, integrins, MAPKs and receptors like TNF and Toll-like. In addition, these putative neuropeptide transcripts, showed higher expression in females’ WB and were not detected in other analyzed tissues. These results suggest that the differentiation in signaling pathways in white bodies of O. maya influences the physiological dimorphism between females and males during the reproductive phase. © 2019 Juárez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

androgen receptor, integrin, mitogen activated protein kinase, neuropeptide, transcriptome, tumor necrosis factor, argonaute protein, corticotropin releasing factor receptor, corticotropin releasing factor receptor 2, DEAD box protein, estradiol 17be BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA) BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA)

Conocimientos y prácticas en enfermería para el cuidado de pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2

ELIZABETH ESCALADA SOLÓRZANO (2022, [Otro, Trabajo terminal, especialidad])

La diabetes tipo 2 es un problema de Salud Pública por la magnitud de sus

complicaciones que conlleva una carga para la sociedad, para los familiares y para la

misma persona; puede haber afectaciones por las dificultades en el tratamiento y el

control constante con el fin de prevenir el avance de la enfermedad. Objetivo: Identificar

los conocimientos de enfermería en el manejo de personas con DM-2 que redundara en

el cuidado puedan llevar un mejor tratamiento, para prevenir complicaciones ocasionadas

por la falta adherencia al tratamiento, cuidados y estilos de vida.

Type 2 diabetes is a Public Health problem due to the magnitude of its

complications that entail a burden for society, for family members and for the person

themselves; there may be effects due to difficulties in constant treatment and control in

order to prevent the progression of the disease. Objective: Identify nursing knowledge in

the management of people with DM-2 that will result in better treatment, to prevent

complications caused by lack of adherence to treatment, care and lifestyles.

MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD CIENCIAS MÉDICAS paciente, Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2, cuidado de enfermería. Patient, Diabetes Mellitus type 2, nursing care.

Suppression of breast tumor growth and metastasis by an engineered transcription factor

Adriana Beltran Lopez (2011, [Artículo])

Maspin is a tumor and metastasis suppressor playing an essential role as gatekeeper of tumor progression. It is highly expressed in epithelial cells but is silenced in the onset of metastatic disease by epigenetic mechanisms. Reprogramming of Maspin epigenetic silencing offers a therapeutic potential to lock metastatic progression. Herein we have investigated the ability of the Artificial Transcription Factor 126 (ATF-126) designed to upregulate the Maspin promoter to inhibit tumor progression in pre-established breast tumors in immunodeficient mice. ATF-126 was transduced in the aggressive, mesenchymal-like and triple negative breast cancer line, MDA-MB-231. Induction of ATF expression in vivo by Doxycycline resulted in 50% reduction in tumor growth and totally abolished tumor cell colonization. Genome-wide transcriptional profiles of ATF-induced cells revealed a gene signature that was found over-represented in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) "Normal-like" intrinsic subtype of breast cancer and in poorly aggressive, ER+ luminal A breast cancer cell lines. The comparison transcriptional profiles of ATF-126 and Maspin cDNA defined an overlapping 19-gene signature, comprising novel targets downstream the Maspin signaling cascade. Our data suggest that Maspin up-regulates downstream tumor and metastasis suppressor genes that are silenced in breast cancers, and are normally expressed in the neural system, including CARNS1, SLC8A2 and DACT3. In addition, ATF-126 and Maspin cDNA induction led to the re-activation of tumor suppressive miRNAs also expressed in neural cells, such as miR-1 and miR-34, and to the down-regulation of potential oncogenic miRNAs, such as miR-10b, miR-124, and miR-363. As expected from its over-representation in ER+ tumors, the ATF-126-gene signature predicted favorable prognosis for breast cancer patients. Our results describe for the first time an ATF able to reduce tumor growth and metastatic colonization by epigenetic reactivation of a dormant, normal-like, and more differentiated gene program. © 2011 Beltran et al.

artificial transcription factor 126, complementary DNA, doxycycline, estrogen receptor, maspin, microRNA, retrovirus vector, transcription factor, unclassified drug, estrogen receptor, serine proteinase inhibitor, SERPIN B5, SERPIN-B5, transcription BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA) BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA)

Synthetic libraries of shark vNAR domains with different cysteine numbers within the CDR3

OLIVIA CABANILLAS BERNAL (2019, [Artículo])

The variable domain of New Antigen Receptors (vNAR) from sharks, present special characteristics in comparison to the conventional antibody molecules such as: small size (12–15 kDa), thermal and chemical stability and great tissue penetration, that makes them a good alternative source as therapeutic or diagnostic agents. Therefore, it is essential to improve techniques used for the development and selection of vNAR antibodies that recognize distinct antigens. The development of synthetic antibody libraries offers a fast option for the generation of antibodies with the desired characteristics. In this work three synthetic antibody libraries were constructed; without cysteines (Cys), with one Cys and with two Cys residues within its CDR3, with the objective of determining whether the presence or absence of Cys in the CDR3 favors the isolation of vNAR clones from a synthetic library. The libraries were validated selecting against six mammalian proteins. At least one vNAR was found for each of the antigens, and a clone coming from the library without Cys in the CDR3 was selected with all the antigens. In vitro angiogenesis assay with the isolated anti-VEGF antibodies, suggest that these vNARs are capable of inhibiting in vitro angiogenesis. In silico analysis of anti-VEGF antibodies showed that vNARs from synthetic libraries could rival antibodies with affinity maturation by in silico modeling. © 2019 Cabanillas-Bernal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

aquaporin 1, carcinoembryonic antigen, cysteine, fibroblast growth factor 2, glycophorin A, leukemia inhibitory factor, vasculotropin, vasculotropin antibody, angiogenesis inhibitor, antibody, cysteine, lymphocyte antigen receptor, vasculotropin A, a BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOFÍSICA BIOFÍSICA